Chris likes to tease me by saying I have the tastes of an old lady...and I guess I do when it comes to lace knitting, if you believe the stereotypes anyway! This is a sampler pattern I'm working on; when it's finished it will be a half circle with five or six different lace patterns in half rings. I love the color of the yarn, and I love that I bought on some crazy discontinued sale for $6 or something crazy like that. This picture is after the first two lace patterns, so I've got quite a bit to go. Also, since it is knit from the center out each row or section increases the number of stitches so it takes longer and longer to knit across. Worth it though!
I've also made it through round three and into round four of Sock Madness. I believe I finished seventh overall, first in my division. I am planning on giving these to a friend who I think will really like them. Of course, I don't have her foot measurements and she has bigger feet than me, so I just sort of guessed. These are very stretchy socks though and I think should fit her fine. Ravelry'd here.
I also finished two shop samples to take to Maryland Sheep & Wool (which I really wish I was going to!) for a friend of mine who dyes yarn and sells it, Mary Ann, of Three Waters Farm. Her yarn is just wonderful and her colors amazing. I knit Skew, from Knitty, which is just such a cool pattern. Ravelry'd here.
And I also knit Multnomah (a free pattern), also from Three Waters Farm sock yarn! This will be a present for a good friend of mine, when I get it back (well, at her birthday!). Ravlery'd here.
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